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State Supreme Court upholds gun initiative
By Steven K. Paulson
Associated Press Writer
Oct. 10, 2000, 1 p.m. - The Colorado Supreme Court today upheld an initiative to close the gun show loophole, ruling proponents legally gathered signatures during a petition drive.
The ruling sets the stage for voters to decide Nov. 7 whether background checks should be mandatory for all gun buyers at gun shows. Current law only requires background checks to be conducted by federally licensed dealers.
The justices said the secretary of state may legally count signatures of registered voters even if the proposed initiative is under appeal.
"However, the initiative proponent who circulates a petition for signatures prior to our decision runs the risk that we may reverse the Title Board's action," they wrote.
Dudley Brown, a spokesman for Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which challenged the initiative, plans another court challenge after the election.
"This is not the end of the fight," he said.
SAFE Colorado Director Tom Mauser, who lost his son in the 1999 Columbine High School shootings, said he was pleased. "We've won every challenge until now and we won this one, too," he said.
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Gun Control: The proposition that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own panty hose, is more acceptable than allowing that same woman to defend herself with a firearm.
State Supreme Court upholds gun initiative
By Steven K. Paulson
Associated Press Writer
Oct. 10, 2000, 1 p.m. - The Colorado Supreme Court today upheld an initiative to close the gun show loophole, ruling proponents legally gathered signatures during a petition drive.
The ruling sets the stage for voters to decide Nov. 7 whether background checks should be mandatory for all gun buyers at gun shows. Current law only requires background checks to be conducted by federally licensed dealers.
The justices said the secretary of state may legally count signatures of registered voters even if the proposed initiative is under appeal.
"However, the initiative proponent who circulates a petition for signatures prior to our decision runs the risk that we may reverse the Title Board's action," they wrote.
Dudley Brown, a spokesman for Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which challenged the initiative, plans another court challenge after the election.
"This is not the end of the fight," he said.
SAFE Colorado Director Tom Mauser, who lost his son in the 1999 Columbine High School shootings, said he was pleased. "We've won every challenge until now and we won this one, too," he said.
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Gun Control: The proposition that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own panty hose, is more acceptable than allowing that same woman to defend herself with a firearm.